by Shane Cooke | Oct 5, 2020 | Experiences, Workplace wellbeing
We often pick up many bad habits physically and emotionally that we do not realise we have. They often stop us from hitting goals we have planned in our minds. We often do not ever realise we have them and if we do then change them is another story, but it is quite...
by Shane Cooke | May 22, 2020 | Life style, Workplace wellbeing
The hospitality industry has been my entire life for 22 years – my blood, sweat and tears! Many tears… 🤣🤣 but many good times and life long friends made. You know what? I love it, I love hospitality! I love the people, the creativity and the...
by Shane Cooke | Apr 17, 2020 | Experiences, Workplace wellbeing
If there’s one thing this quarantine has provided in abundance- it’s opportunity for self-work. I’ve gone from needing to literally block out time on my calendar for self-care (meditation, journaling, and reading) to having too much time alone with my thoughts and...
by Shane Cooke | Apr 3, 2020 | Workplace wellbeing
The importance of good Leadership post COVID-19 With the pending reestablishment of workplace environments following the global pandemic, how do we resume our work environments and reengage our teams? How do we return to “business as usual”? Leadership is the key but...
by Shane Cooke | Oct 9, 2019 | Experiences, Life style, Workplace wellbeing
There’s a plaque on The Walworth Clinic in Southwark, London, that the 176 to Tottenham Court Road has driven me past for the last two years. It reads that ‘The Health of the People is the Highest Law’, or in Latin (from its origins in Cicero’s ‘De Legibus’)...
by Shane Cooke | Sep 23, 2019 | Experiences, Life style, Workplace wellbeing
It’s a classic humble-brag in the hospitality industry and it comes in a hundred different and ever more dramatic forms: ‘I haven’t taken a single sick day in five years.’ ‘I once broke four fingers / sliced my hand open / passed out at work and I stayed to finish the...